Mikel Arteta reacts to Thomas Frank's sacking from Tottenham and hints at returns from injury for Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard and Leandro Trossard ahead of Arsenal's clash with Brentford.
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00:00 - Intro.
00:20 - injuries: Dowman not available and the rest we'll check.
00:46 - merino: doctors happy how it went. It's about bone healing. How long? We don't know.
01:19 - city game: we have to focus on ourselves and enjoy it.
01:40 - Players reaction: we were happy to beat Sunderland.
02:07 - increasing gap: remain focused. It's something normal. Looking forward to it.
02:23 - Thomas frank: sad to see a colleague not continue. He's an extraordinary coach. Wish him all the best.
02:47 - premier league more impatient?: It's always a possibility.
03:37 - Stability: every era is different at every club. In the premier league we have two of the most iconic managers in Wenger and Ferguson. If you have the player right behind you it's a big thing, then you have to win a lot of games.
04:39 - Being given time: creating that chemistry around the club and winning games, the percentage has to be high.
05:09 - Very happy, it's what we all wanted. We've been able to bring stability, performance and joy.
05:52 - NLD impact: it's happened a lot of times this season already. You change what you expect from managers. Focus more on us.
06:48 - manager transfer window: I don't want to get into that. People need to have freedom, I have no clue if that will help.
07:13 - London Derby: we know the run Brentford have had. The work Keith is doing is incredible.
08:09 - Poor pitch quality: many factors. The amount of games, the weather. We know how important it is. We're taking responsibility.
08:54 - how do you realise you were going tactically too far: I think I said I looked too far at the tactical then the technical. Now we can focus on things with a lot of value.
09:46 - You can have an idea, but the players qualities are the most important thing. It might work short term but long term it won't.
10:39 - still able to work on tactical?: We freshen it up, see what we can do in a short period of time.
11:31 - Zubimendi: credit to merino, showing him the celebration and arriving in the box, we give him the licence to arrive late.
12:02 - it's more in games than training, he has that natural ability to arrive in space.
12:38 - Gyokeres: his work ethic remains the same. The energy and confidence increases. Before the injury he had his best games, now it's clicking.
13:29 - what do you do to help them: tell them how good they are. It's part of our job to remind people the important things.
14:06 - Eight months long enough to get vision across?: I don't know. I can talk about Frank and what he did at Brentford, and the way they looked in preseason. This league is competitive and we're all vulnerable.
14:45 - magic number of transfer windows to get things right?: there might be.
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By HaytersTV
February 11, 2026